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Lawrence Mathis faces trial for allegedly violating a restraining order taken out by his ex-girlfriend.

Statistics reveal growing problem of violated restraining orders in Bay State
By Laurel J. Sweet/ Special Report
Monday, June 25, 2007

Startling new statistics show one out of four restraining orders issued in Massachusetts was violated last year, a problem that will come into sharp focus this week when accused stalker Lawrence “Ricky” Mathis goes on trial.


It took prosecutors two years to persuade the courts that Mathis, arguably a poster boy for the failings of restraining orders, needed to stay behind bars.


During that time Mathis, 46, allegedly called his ex-girlfriend, Mary Rieves, at her job in South Boston, warning her, “You’re going to become a statistic. I’m going to kill you.” Seven months later, police say, he tried to crush her new beau, Isaac Dave, under the tires of a Honda Accord.

“It’s bad,” said Rieves, 46, who has been taking out restraining orders against Mathis, the father of her 15-year-old daughter, since 1993. “I just wish (the courts) would try to do more for the victims and stop being so lenient with the offenders.”


Full Story: http://news.bostonherald.com/localRe...icleid=1008147

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Posted by: Killjoy

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It took prosecutors two years to persuade the courts that Mathis, arguably a poster boy for the failings of restraining orders, needed to stay behind bars.

With the bleed-heart liberals on the bench...I'm surprised they did it at all. Liberals are all about protecting the rights of the piece-of-sh*t that's accused and not about protecting the rights of the victims.

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